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Washington gets Wilton Gregory, a great bishop

By Thomas Reese — April 4, 2019
(RNS) — Washington should rejoice to have such a good bishop; too bad we may not have him very long.

Taking stock of the clergy sexual abuse crisis: Protecting children

By Thomas Reese — March 21, 2019
(RNS) — Reading the constant barrage of news stories about abuse in the Catholic Church makes one wonder if any of the reforms is doing any good.

Catholic bishops told to follow their own policies against sexual abuse

By David Gibson — June 13, 2012

(RNS) Assessing a decade of efforts by the Catholic hierarchy to defuse the clergy abuse scandal, the leader of a lay review board on Wednesday (June 13) warned the bishops that they must start to follow their own policies against child sexual abuse if they are to have any hope of restoring their fragile credibility. By David Gibson.

Analysis: Bishops’ accountability still missing from abuse scandal

By David Gibson — June 7, 2012

(RNS) Ten years after the clergy sex abuse scandal brought the Catholic Church to its knees, there's still no way to hold bishops accountable for their mistakes. Here's why, and why little is likely to change. By David Gibson.

10 years after Catholic sex abuse reforms, what’s changed?

By David Gibson — June 6, 2012

(RNS) When the nation's Catholic bishops gather in Atlanta this month, they'll hear an assessment of the reforms they adopted 10 years ago as the sex abuse scandal consumed the church. Has anything changed in the past decade? By David Gibson.

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